Louise is a freelance writer from Toronto, Canada. Her work has appeared in several national publications, where she focuses on family, parenting and lifestyle stories. You can find her work in The ...

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The moment my father died was one of those indelible moments, the kind that stays with you. What I knew at that moment was emotional pain so searing that it doubled me over with its intensity and then ...